Robert Caro Quotes

There used to be this feeling under Eisenhower and Kennedy and Roosevelt and Truman that government was a solution. Trust in the presidency fell precipitously under Johnson - real lows. And it's never come back. It's a trend that, if you're liberal, is really discouraging.

- Robert Caro

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Feeling | Eisenhower | Kennedy | Roosevelt | Truman |

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